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05 Oct, 2026
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IDT rules in favour of junior doctors in overtime dispute with Government
The Industrial Disputes Tribunal (IDT) has ruled in favour of the Jamaica Medical Doctors’ Association (JMDA) in its long-running overtime dispute with the Government, ordering that junior doctors be…
05 Oct, 2026
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NaRRA to spend $115 million annually to lease new headquarters at Digicel Building
The National Reconstruction and Resilience Authority (NaRRA) is to spend approximately $115.2 million annually to lease its new headquarters at the Digicel Building in downtown Kingston, with…
05 Oct, 2026
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NaRRA examining major water infrastructure to address drought
The National Reconstruction and Resilience Authority (NaRRA) is examining major water infrastructure projects following meetings with Minister Matthew Samuda along with his team from the Ministry of…
05 Oct, 2026
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Government to modernise Jamaica’s 80-year-old water distribution network
Minister of Water, Environment and Climate Change, Matthew Samuda, has outlined significant initiatives being implemented by the Government to modernise the nation’s 80-year-old water distribution…
05 Oct, 2026
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Young people urged to give blood regularly
Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr Dana Morris Dixon, is urging young people to adopt a culture of giving blood regularly, noting that more persons are needed to give…
05 Oct, 2026
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Damion Crawford | Standing with our teachers while standing together for our children
Today, as we celebrate World Teachers’ Day under the theme, ‘Standing with teachers: 60 years of protecting the profession, advancing its status and shaping our futures’, I want us to focus on one…
05 Oct, 2026
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Wayne Campbell | Standing with teachers
Around the world, teachers continue to face excessive workloads, insufficient salaries, growing administrative burdens, a growing culture of disrespect, poor working conditions, attacks on academic…
05 Oct, 2026
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Motorcyclist killed, pillion injured in fiery Bog Walk Gorge crash
A motorcyclist was killed and a pillion injured in a fiery crash along the Bog Walk Gorge in St Catherine on Sunday. The deceased has been identified as 35-year-old Jason Johnson of Portmore Villa in…
05 Oct, 2026
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Janiel McEwan | The salary is not the whole problem: Jamaica’s cost-of-living crisis runs much deeper
A worker gets paid on a Friday afternoon. The number on the pay slip has not changed since last year. The grocery bill has. The rent has. The taxi fare from Half-Way Tree to Papine has. The JPS bill…